Conference Presentations

This round-table discussion will focus on strategies to support various QM roles. Discussion will include supporting QMCs and Peer Reviewers/Master Reviewers using webinars, mini-retreats, custom video training, self-paced modules, setting clear expectations, and virtual conferencing.

The Teaching & Learning unit at a research university developed a sustainable QA program for online courses based on (1) identification and application of various elements of QA at respective points in course development and (2) augmentation of the QA process with context-sensitive dynamics.

Does your intuition have challenges with faculty buy-in? Are course developers offered professional development? Are design elements embedded into your LMS? This interactive discussion presents a case study addressing these issues and offers solutions for different institutions.

Join us to see how we developed a holistic, all-encompassing program that integrates QM Standards. We would like to introduce our Online Course Development Program. This poster displays the professional development cycle from course blueprint to program evaluation.

During this discussion participants will discover how a large public university used the ViVo tool to marry analytics and ADA compliance to video-based content; making online learning truly accessible, effective, and transformatively engaging!

Co-Presenter: Lergia Olivo

Reliable evidence of student learning depends on assessments that are seamlessly aligned with learning outcomes and activities. In this session, participants will explore how a strategic
performance-based approach to course design has enabled one college to meet QM Standards.

Is your institution or program interested in QM Program Review? Are you prepared for the review process? For your new journey, the panel in this session will answer questions, share their experience, and clarify the potential myths through a fun discussion.

In a time when accessibility in education is highlighted, especially in distance and hybrid learning, we will present how Texas A&M International University has implemented QM accessibility Standards, universal design principles, and diversity appreciation to enable equal learning for all.

This session will share ideas for learner-content, learner-learner, and learner-instructor ideas. Come prepared to share and add to the discussion of great out-of-the-box ideas.

Attached is the PowerPoint presentation for this session on Sept 25, Monday, 3;20-4:10

Does your online program include two orientations: Level 1-Orientation to Online Learning and Level 2-Orientation for an Online Course? In this session, participants will discuss the role and value of each level, and learn how other institutions design, deliver, and track learner activity.

Don't know where to start with curriculum mapping? No instructional designer?  No problem!  Learn how QM Standards inspired faculty as they developed assessment models.  With QM Standards guiding the way, you will no longer be "lost in the woods."  Bring your electronic device for an interactive game.

Do your course activities go along with your learning objectives? You need course mapping to align your course components and meet QM Standards! This poster will break down course mapping into easy steps, share tips, provide samples and templates, and give you hands-on course mapping practice.

Often, faculty are unfamiliar with instructional design principles and at the same time instructional designers are unfamiliar with course subject matter. As for the students, their question is, “Why am I doing this?”  This session will discuss using course maps to help faculty and designers work together to conceptualize goals for instruction, to help students understand the purpose of course goals and instructional materials, and to design instruction that satisfies QM alignment standards (2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, and 6.1).

 

Have you ever felt powerless or creatively paralyzed when it comes to incorporating the QM Standards in your course design? In this dynamic, practical, and powerful session, you will learn how to develop a functional Master Course Template that will address 26 of the 43 Quality Matters Standards.

Developing an effective online course can be challenging and requires a more than average score on the instructional materials and resources Quality Matters Rubric.

Every institution is unique, but all institutions want to improve the quality of the participant's online courses and programs. Learn about the steps in QM implementation and the actions that will move the participant's institution up to the level where it wants to be!

Decisions, decisions! How do we make them with quality assurance in mind? Let's learn! This presentation will provide both examples of successful quality-driven operational decisions and the tools to make quality-driven decisions that lead to sustainable and measurable outcomes.

After this session, participants will be able to . . .

Actual pathways expedite transmission along a given route, whether a trail through the forest, the organizational chart in a company, or the synergy that occurs when two or more concepts align. Connections are the true foundation of learning. In this session we'll explore the connections that motivate learners, advance concepts, and integrate learning systems and how these connected pathways contribute to enriching the foundation for learning.

Does your institution struggle with the “best” method to assess student writing? We will compare the processes and results of three methods used to assess student writing at the institution level, including a new LMS tool, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each method.Does your institution struggle with the “best” method to assess student writing? We will compare the processes and results of three methods used to assess student writing at the institution level, including a new LMS tool, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each method.